Gene Details:

• Gene ID: Zm00001eb172550
• Gene Symbol: ZmSPO11-2 SPO11-2 spo2
• Gene Name: topoisomerase-like enzyme2
• Genome: Zm-B73-REFERENCE-NAM-5.0
• Species: Zea mays

Functional Descriptions:

• ZmSPO11-2 knock-out mutants exhibited both male and female sterility.
• SPO11-2 meiotic double-strand break (DSB) formation of DNA molecules was fully abolished.
• SPO11-2 similar to meiotic recombination protein SPO11-2 of A. thaliana
• SPO11-2 knock-out mutants exhibited both male and female sterility; meiotic double-strand break (DSB) formation of DNA molecules was fully abolished.

Function-related keywords:

• sterility ,  meiotic ,  male-sterility ,  meiotic-recombination ,  female-sterility ,  recombination

Literature:

• ZmASY1 interacts with ZmPRD3 and is crucial for meiotic double-strand break formation in maize.   DOI:  10.1111/nph.18528 ;  PMID:  36221195

Related News:

Gene Resources:

• NCBI ID: LOC100216726
• UniProt accessions: A0A3L6F0F1

Sequences:

Source: Genetic information comes from the article